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6.30.2009

 
Wireshark 1.2 Includes 64-Bit Support, Mapping Integration from Jonathan



6.25.2009

 
Hackers hit web host in UK with suspected zero day. 100K sites data wiped.

 
1/3 of companies say they will adopt cloud computing within two years

 
Gates Creates Cyber-Defense Command (to be located at Ft. Meade and placed under the authority of the NSA) - It was to be suspected that this would be the outcome when AFCyber was suddenly suspended last year (the cyber-pecking order had been violated). It remains to be seen what AFCyber will eventually look like.



6.19.2009

 
Jammie Thomas case goes south on appeal - Ordered to pay $1.92 Million for file sharing - from Clyde

 
A group of researchers from MIT, Stanford, and Syracuse has developed a new program, named 'Ardilla,' which can analyze PHP code for cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection attack vulnerabilities. (Here is the paper, in PDF, and a table of results from scanning six PHP applications.)



6.16.2009

 
Iranian Site DoS to Protest Ahadinejad Reelection has Disrupted Service

Thankfully, voting fraud is unheard of in the United States.

 
Scalability - you're doing it wrong! (Or why Ants don't talk) - An excellent bit of postulation from Dave Aitel



6.10.2009

 
Sean’s Blog - Program analysis, verification and security

 
New DOS attacks threaten wireless data networks

 
Microsoft, Adobe warn of critical security flaws - from Joe

 
Yet another critical Adobe flaw - When will people learn that Adobe Acrobat is a meta-vunerability.



6.09.2009

 
The web's most dangerous search terms from Mcafee. (PDF)



6.08.2009

 
Microsoft may be Firefox's worst vulnerability - from Joe



6.05.2009

 
This is a bit old but Nathan drew my attention to it and I thought it humorous - "Adobe plans quarterly Patch Day for Reader/Acrobat fixes" - How can Adobe go to quarterly updates when they already have to patch it monthly to fix all of the 0-days in their buggy code?

 
FTC cuts criminal ISP off of Internet. "The FTC alleges that Pricewert was paid to host 'child pornography, botnet command and control servers, spyware, viruses, trojans, phishing-related sites, illegal online pharmacies, investment and other web-based scams'."

 
StrongWebmail CEO's mail account hacked via XSS



6.01.2009

 
Whitehouse Blog: Melissa Hathaway, Cybersecurity Chief at the National Security Council, discusses securing our nation's digital future

 
1B Intel Processor-Based Motherboards Shipped Worldwide





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